General George B. McClellan (L) and the 5th Corps Headquarters at Harrion's Landing during the Peninsula Campaign (R)
Check out these guns! Click on the drawing for a link to naval artillery during the Civil War.
To complete the Special Order 191 assignment...click on the 2nd photo of the bodies lined up for burial below. Antietam Map
Photo of the dead in the "Sunken Road" at Antietam:
Confederates lined up for burial after the Battle of Antietam: Click on the photo for Special Order 191 Question/Map
and the Emancipation Proclamation Questions.
The "Angel of Marye's Heights" at the Battle of Fredricksburg
Click here for a great and not uncommon event that happened during the
Fredricksburg Campaign- Friendly Pickets
"Visitors to the gravesite frequently leave lemons at the site, remembering Stonewall's supposed fondness for the fruit. In actuality, Jackson had no particular fondness for lemons, he ate whatever fruit was available, which frequently included lemons from captured Federal stores. His favorite fruit were peaches". http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/lexington_va1.htm
Click on the image of the Union cavalryman (10th New York) below to be taken to "The Life of a Soldier" exhibit:
(Mr. J's collection)
Winfield Scott Hancock (Born next to where the Montgomeryville Mall is now) Click on the photo below to learn more about the many "heroes of Gettysburg"
Original Corps badge of Captain Patrick Phillips 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers, Co. K
(Mr. J's collection)
A Pennsylvania "Buck Tail"
Cartridge box sling with eagle plate:
Union belt with belt plate and cartridge box with box plate
Model 1842 Sprinfield smoothbore musket
Close up of Confederate made rifled musket lockplate and cone Civil War Technology 12 lb Napoleon smoothbore cannon 3 inch Ordnance rifled cannon, many of which were manufactured by the Phoenix Iron Company in Phoenixville, Pa.
Two pictures of the Spottsylvania Oak Tree felled by musket fire!
Civil War Homeworks
Look closely at this map and the 1854 map on the slavery page. What differences do you see?
Period cartoon of the "Anaconda plan" below
Bull Run Map
The Battle for New Orleans 1862
Shiloh Map
The Peninsula Campaign Map
Confederate general and actor John Magruder
General George B. McClellan (L) and the 5th Corps Headquarters at Harrion's Landing during the Peninsula Campaign (R)
Check out these guns! Click on the drawing for a link to naval artillery during the Civil War.
To complete the Special Order 191 assignment...click on the 2nd photo of the bodies lined up for burial below.
Antietam Map
Photo of the dead in the "Sunken Road" at Antietam:
Confederates lined up for burial after the Battle of Antietam: Click on the photo for Special Order 191 Question/Map
and the Emancipation Proclamation Questions.
The "Angel of Marye's Heights" at the Battle of Fredricksburg
Click here for a great and not uncommon event that happened during the
Fredricksburg Campaign- Friendly Pickets
Chancellorsville Map
Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson
"Visitors to the gravesite frequently leave lemons at the site, remembering Stonewall's supposed fondness for the fruit. In actuality, Jackson had no particular fondness for lemons, he ate whatever fruit was available, which frequently included lemons from captured Federal stores. His favorite fruit were peaches". http://www.civilwaralbum.com/misc/lexington_va1.htm
Gettysburg Map
If the link for Gettysburg (above) doesn't work, then click here
General Sickle's Leg
Click on the Confederate $ to see where it was found!
Click on the image of the Union cavalryman (10th New York) below to be taken to "The Life of a Soldier" exhibit:
(Mr. J's collection)
Winfield Scott Hancock (Born next to where the Montgomeryville Mall is now)
Click on the photo below to read President Lincoln's incredible "Gettysburg Address"
The keystone of the South, Siege of Vicksburg
Click here to listen to an old Confederate veteran do the "Rebel Yell"
Question: Which of these flags is the Confederate flag?
Answer: (Find out in class!)
Gallery of Soldiers
Examples of Union Corps Badges:
Circle-1st
Clubs-2nd
Greek cross-6th
Crecent moon-11th
Square (cartridge box)-15th
Arrow-17th
Star-12th and 20th
Triangle-4th
Maltese Cross- 5th
Lozenge-3rd
Heart-24th
1st Division is red, 2nd division white, 3rd division blue
Original Corps badge of Captain Patrick Phillips 71st Pennsylvania Volunteers, Co. K
(Mr. J's collection)
A Pennsylvania "Buck Tail"
Cartridge box sling with eagle plate:
Union belt with belt plate and cartridge box with box plate
Model 1842 Sprinfield smoothbore musket
Close up of Confederate made rifled musket lockplate and cone
Civil War Technology
Two pictures of the Spottsylvania Oak Tree felled by musket fire!
Civil War Battle Statistics here
MMMMH. Good. Civil War Food
Watch this excellent mini documentary on the CSS HL Hunley (first submarine to sink another ship in combat)
Read Mr.Johnson's article on Pvt. Franklin Lebo, 93rd Pennsylvania Veteran Volunteer Infantry
Prison Life
History detectives episode...one of the rarest images taken during the Civil War....watch below
History Detectives